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Priam Begging Achilles for the Body of Hector
Alexander Ivanov, 1824. Collection of the Tretyakov Gallery
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Etruscan pink sarcophagus of the 4th century BC in the Archaeological Museum of Florence
Pink sarcophagus. 4th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Florence. The Etruscan women knew a thing or two about colour
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Egor Koshelev's exhibition "Second Half" has opened at the Vladey space at 14 Neglinnaya
Egor Koshelev's exhibition "Second Half" has opened at the Vladey space at 14 Neglinnaya. A very interesting artist
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A Night in Venice, Konstantin Gorbatov
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At the Sistema Gallery in Bobrov Lane, Yury Shabelnikov's exhibition "Unity
At the Sistema Gallery in Bobrov Lane, Yury Shabelnikov's exhibition "Unity. Harmony. Beauty. The Academy of the Past" has opened
Faith · Art · Books
The world wallows in evil not because God wills it, but because sin-loving man wills it
Hieromonk Roman (Kropotov) ill.: Job and His Friends. Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1810s.
Faith · Art · Museums · Saint Petersburg
Ilya Repin painted “Job and His Friends” in 1869, depicting the biblical righteous man
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. And that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.. The story of Job, one of the greatest of the righteous, has drawn many artists, but one of the most piercing illustrations
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Job and His Daughters, William Blake
Art · Museums · Nature
Twenty-seven flower drawings by Herman Saftleven the Younger for Agneta Block
The delicate flowers of the Dutch Baroque artist Herman Saftleven the Younger (1609-1685) are part of one of his last commissions. Twenty-seven drawings of flowers and plants are known that Saftleven produced at the end of his life for Agneta Block. She commissioned several painters at once to
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King Latinus and the Conflict of Aeneas and Turnus in the Myths of Latium
Aeneas, Latinus and Turnus (ENEA, RE LATINO, TVRNNO) King Latinus, one hand resting on a round relief shield and the other on the hilt of his sword, stands before us, while Aeneas and Turnus, on either side of him, glare at one another in quarrel, the one with a dagger,
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Aeneas's escape from burning Troy in the Aeneid and Rome as the heir of Troy
The Burning of Troy, with the Flight of Aeneas and Anchises, by François de Nomé (1593-1644) We learn of the flight of Aeneas, his aged father Anchises and his young son Ascanius from blazing Troy in the second book of Virgil's "Aeneid". The subject is
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A Girl Resting by the Water
A girl resting by the water. The artist is Étienne Dinet, who fell in love with Algeria and its people and created a beautiful Algerian cycle. The painting is now on show at the Institut du monde arabe in Paris, in an exhibition that runs until June